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Paid

adjective

1.

Marked by the reception of pay. "A paid official" , "A paid announcement" , "A paid check" Antonym: unpaid.

2.

Involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby. Synonym: nonrecreational.

3.

Yielding a fair profit. Synonyms: gainful, paying.

Pay

verb

(past & past part. paid; pres. part. paying)

1.

Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services. "Pay the waitress, please"

2.

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. Synonym: give. "Give the orders" , "Give him my best regards" , "Pay attention"

3.

Cancel or discharge a debt. Synonyms: ante up, pay up. Antonym: default.

4.

Bring in. Synonyms: bear, yield. "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

5.

Do or give something to somebody in return. Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off.

6.

Dedicate. Synonyms: devote, give. "Give priority to" , "Pay attention to"

7.

Be worth it.

8.

Render. "Pay a call"

9.

Bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action. "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly" , "You'll pay for this opinion later"

10.

Make a compensation for.

11.

Discharge or settle. "Pay an obligation"

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... harvest time, when something had gone wrong with their binder, and Fred had sent to Brandon for a new knotter, the twins refused to pay for it when it came, telling him that he could pay for it himself. Fred paid for it and worked all afternoon without saying anything, but that evening he came into their part of the house and told them he wanted a detailed statement of how ...

— The Black Creek Stopping-House • Nellie McClung

... myself. But I understand her look. I'm not a rich man; what I have I've worked to earn, and I think twice before I spend it; so I move away. If Edwarda wants someone to pay for the woman, let her do it herself; she and her father can better afford it than I. And sure enough, Edwarda paid. She's splendid in that way—no one can say she hasn't a heart. But as true as I'm sitting here she expected me to pay for a saloon passage for the woman and child; I could see it in her eyes. And what then, do you ...

— Pan • Knut Hamsun

... paid for it. "'Tain't the first time my size has cost me money," he said, as Bartley protested. "Now, let's go over and get another cigar. Then we can mill around and see Wishful. ...

— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... captures or condemnations of their vessels or other property have been made by the commissioners in London conformably to the 7th article of the treaty. The sums awarded by the commissioners have been paid by the British Government. A considerable number of other claims, where costs and damages, and not captured property, were the only objects in question, have been decided by arbitration, and the sums awarded to the citizens of the United States ...

— State of the Union Addresses of John Adams • John Adams

... had prospered in his exile, and he had lived in a princely fashion. He had lacked nothing for many a long year, saving only the right to build his home upon an acre of German ground. But that he could not have, and that he envied his brother with all his heart. Greifenstein, however, paid no attention to the angry light in ...

— Greifenstein • F. Marion Crawford

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